Photos: Mass weddings mark Valentine’s Day

ERNESTO BENAVIDES, AFP/Getty Images02.14.2013

Couples kiss inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.

ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple looks at each other inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass wedding in Manila on February 14, 2013. Some 400 couples exchanged vows inside a packed gymnasium on the outskirts of Manila’s Makati financial district, as a school band played love songs that drowned out the heavy traffic outside.JAY DIRECTO
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples get married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples get married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples get married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples get married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple kiss during a mass wedding in Manila on February 14, 2013. Some 400 couples exchanged vows inside a packed gymnasium on the outskirts of Manila’s Makati financial district, as a school band played love songs that drowned out the heavy traffic outside.JAY DIRECTO
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple takes part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples get married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple gets married inside a public pool during a mass wedding on Valentine’s Day in Lima on February 14, 2013. Over 200 couples participated in a community civil marriage organized by the municipality of Comas, northeast of Lima.ERNESTO BENAVIDES
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple takes part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples stand in a queue at a gymnasium for a mass wedding in Manila on February 14, 2013. Some 400 couples exchanged vows inside a packed gymnasium on the outskirts of Manila’s Makati financial district, as a school band played love songs that drowned out the heavy traffic outside.JAY DIRECTO
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

Couples take part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

A couple takes part in a mass civil wedding of 560 couples held in Managua, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.HECTOR RETAMAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

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